Mean Streets
Turkish title: Arka Sokaklar
“Go to church on Sunday. Go to Hell on Monday.”
1973 · 1 h 52 min
Directed by 
Martin Scorsese
Martin ScorseseCast
Harvey Keitel 
Robert De Niro David Proval
Credits
Written by: Martin Scorsese
Plot
A young small-time hood in Little Italy struggles with faith, loyalty and his reckless friend.
Sinekatalog’s take
Scorsese's breakthrough is a raw, kinetic portrait of Little Italy hoods. Keitel and De Niro crackle with nervy energy, and the film's pop-song soundtrack changed how cinema used music.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (130,125 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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